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Marathon Precision’s Engineering Playground: One Shop’s Secret to Sustaining High Tech, Low-Volume and High Morale
Half an airplane on the wall, a ten-foot metal dragon, and a full-blown recording studio might not scream “manufacturing efficiency,” yet Marathon Precision proves otherwise. Here’s how forging, complex CNC operations and staff-driven creative projects combine to fuel the shop’s productivity and profitability.
WatchMarposs Celebrates its Past, Eyes Future Opportunities
During its open house in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Marposs presentations focused on future opportunities across growing industries such as EV and semiconductors.
WatchAutomation and Process Simplification Define Eastec 2023
Manufacturing technology at this year’s Eastec met the market with tools to streamline operations and assist machinists in achieving greater productivity.
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Test Bed Builds Up Robotics Research at Carnegie Mellon University
At Carnegie Mellon University’s Manufacturing Futures Institute, researchers use a robotic test bed where AMRs deliver Lego bricks to robot arms for assembly to study AI, multirobot collaboration, assembly, safety and more.
WatchAutomate 2024 Recap: Software Accelerates Robotics
One of the biggest themes at Automate 2024 was the use of software to make robots easier to use and more efficient.
WatchStep Inside a Robot Shangri-La
While the Automate show in Detroit was not strictly geared toward CNC machining applications, the technology on display offered a glimpse into the future — and present — of robotic automation for the manufacturing industry at large.
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Additive/Subtractive Hybrid CNC Machine Tools Continue to Make Gains (Includes Video)
The hybrid machine tool is an idea that continues to advance. Two important developments of recent years expand the possibilities for this platform.
WatchTwin Spindle Design Doubles Production of Small Parts
After experiencing process stalls in the finishing stage of production, Bryan Machine Service designed an air-powered twin spindle and indexable rotating base to effectively double its production of small parts.
WatchDigital Demo: People and History Drive Solutions
Bourn & Koch has long provided unique manufacturing solutions. However, the people who work at Bourn & Koch enable the company to deliver value to each partner they work with. From service to assembly to engineering, each step builds on the solution—helping you solve your most challenging manufacturing problems. (Sponsored)
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Kyocera SGS Web Tool Provides Instant, Detailed Application Data
APEX is a web tool designed to optimize machining performance by enabling manufacturers to compare tools and generate professional reports.
WATCH NOWPlatinum Toolholding System Enables Quick Changeovers
The U-Tec changing system enables a standard ER output live tool to accept various adapters for different applications, enabling quick changeover of tools on almost any lathe or mill using a single tool.
WATCH NOWHeule Deburring Tool Designed for Micromachining in a Wide Range of Materials
The DL2 deburring tool is designed to provide high efficiency and process reliability on even and slightly uneven bore edges.
WATCH NOWHeule Cutting Tool Provides Chatter-Free Countersinks
PMTS 2025: GH-K tooling is well suited for conventional milling of chamfers around the perimeter of larger holes or entire parts.
WATCH NOW2025 Top Shops Benchmarking Survey Now Open Through April 30
91ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ÎÛ's Top Shops Benchmarking Survey is now open, offering metalworking and machining operations actionable feedback across several shopfloor and business metrics.
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In this episode of “View From My Shop,” East Coast Precision Manufacturing guides us through their plastics job shop. Learn how this shop has quickly and inexpensively built out its shop floor, as well as how it formed a niche for itself during difficult business conditions.
WatchMarathon Precision’s Engineering Playground: One Shop’s Secret to Sustaining High Tech, Low-Volume and High Morale
Half an airplane on the wall, a ten-foot metal dragon, and a full-blown recording studio might not scream “manufacturing efficiency,” yet Marathon Precision proves otherwise. Here’s how forging, complex CNC operations and staff-driven creative projects combine to fuel the shop’s productivity and profitability.
WatchKyocera SGS Web Tool Provides Instant, Detailed Application Data
APEX is a web tool designed to optimize machining performance by enabling manufacturers to compare tools and generate professional reports.
WatchPlatinum Toolholding System Enables Quick Changeovers
The U-Tec changing system enables a standard ER output live tool to accept various adapters for different applications, enabling quick changeover of tools on almost any lathe or mill using a single tool.
WatchHeule Deburring Tool Designed for Micromachining in a Wide Range of Materials
The DL2 deburring tool is designed to provide high efficiency and process reliability on even and slightly uneven bore edges.
WatchHeule Cutting Tool Provides Chatter-Free Countersinks
PMTS 2025: GH-K tooling is well suited for conventional milling of chamfers around the perimeter of larger holes or entire parts.
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